At about 10:45 Sunday night, fire crews were called to a structure fire north of Vernon Center. Fire crews from Vernon Center, Amboy. Good Thunder, Lake Crystal, Madelia, and Mapleton responded. They arrived to see …

On Tuesday, Judge Kevin Eide ruled in favor of Sibley East Public Schools in the case contesting the district’s $43 million dollar building bond vote in the general elections on November 4th. A group of …

Negotiations with four property owners have resulted in District 88 having the opportunity to purchase approximately 54 acres of land for the new high school complex. Superintendent Jeff Bertrang says money for land and access …

The woman who was arrested in connection with synthetic drug sales that led to the deaths of two young people from Mankato last March was sentenced Friday in Blue Earth County Court. Skylar Jo Schneider …

New Ulm Public Schools and Waseca Public Schools recently received grants from the Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation (SMIF) to amp early childhood programming. The foundation invests more than $1.5 million each year in early childhood …

Blue Earth County had the second lowest voter participation of all 87 counties in the 2014 general elections according to data released by the Minnesota Secretary of State’s Office. Most other area counties saw a …